An investigator stands inside a commuter bus that crashed into a tree after colliding with a school bus Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in Old Bridge, N.J. The New York City-bound commuter bus and a mini school bus crashed on a state highway in New Jersey, injuring at least 17 people, two critically. School officials said no students were on the Old Bridge school bus, which landed on its side along Route 9. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
An overturned school bus rests on a fence after colliding with a commuter bus, back right, Thursday, Jan.10, 2013, in Old Bridge, N.J. School officials said no students were on the Old Bridge school bus, which landed on its side along Route 9. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
An investigator examines an overturned school bus resting on a fence after colliding with a commuter bus Thursday, Jan.10, 2013, in Old Bridge, N.J. The New York City-bound commuter bus and the mini school bus crashed on a state highway in New Jersey, injuring at least 17 people, two critically. School officials said no students were on the Old Bridge school bus, which landed on its side along Route 9. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Police in Old Bridge, N.J., say a New York-bound commuter bus hit a mini school bus from behind in a crash that injured at least 17, two critically.
Police Capt. Arthur Carullo says the two most severely injured in Thursday morning's accident were both on the commuter bus and included the driver, whose legs were pinned.
No students were on the school bus, which landed on its side. The police captain says the driver and an aide on that bus were able to escape on their own through a roof hatch.
Both buses were headed northbound. The accident apparently occurred in the shoulder, which becomes a bus lane during rush hour.
A New York City-bound commuter bus and a mini school bus crashed Thursday on a state highway in New Jersey, injuring at least 17 people, two critically.
School officials said no students were on the Old Bridge school bus, which landed on its side along Route 9.
The accident occurred one day after a high-speed commuter ferry from New Jersey crashed into a dock in Manhattan, injuring dozens.
Television footage showed the commuter bus slammed into a tree, with a large branch protruding from the roof on the passenger side of the front end. The rear of the bus was pinned against a utility pole.
The commuter bus was about midway through its route from Toms River to Wall Street in Manhattan, with four stops left on the run, said Joe Orlando, spokesman for Academy Bus. He didn't know how many passengers were aboard though said the bus could carry 55.
Two crash victims, a man, 42, and a woman, 31, were reported in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center. Fifteen others were in stable condition at branches of Raritan Bay Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.
The school bus landed on a fenced-off generator for an apartment complex.
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